Microsoft sure iPhone is fantastic, just not for business
April 19, 2007 by dennis
Not surprisingly, Microsoft doesn’t think the iPhone will succeed in the business world. Considering that RIM and Palm dominate this market, Microsoft must know it first hand.
Chris Sorenson, Microsoft Asia-Pacific head of smartphone strategy, said during a press conference in Australia, “It’s [iPhone] a great music phone, and I’m sure it will be fantastic and have an interesting user interface.
However, it’s a closed device that you cannot install applications on, and there’s no support for Office documents. If you’re an enterprise and want to roll out line of business applications, it’s just not an option. Even using it as a heavy messaging device will be a challenge.”
Thanks: ZDNet.
Tags: app, application, Asia, iPhone, Microsoft, News, OS
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Microsoft sure iPhone is fantastic, just not for business
Article by dennis
Dennis Sloutsky is one of the oldest members of iPhoneWorld.ca, having co-started the site in January 2007. He stills owns an iPhone 2G and uses it sometimes just for fun. His hobbies include traveling, writing and playing his guitar.
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